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Bootmgr missing, won't boot from DVD drive
Hi, my father in laws PC started showing the message 'bootmgr is missing' after he installed something loaded with adware (binkiland land I think). I've created a few recovery discs that definitely work (I've tested them on my laptop which had the same version of windows 7) but the PC won't recognise them. I've checked the BIOS settings and changed the boot order but still no joy. The preinstalled repair manager runs after pressing F11 at startup but only gives the option to do a factory reset or scan the disc for errors and all the other repair options are greyed out. The scan option says the hard drive is fine but when I took it out and put it in an HDD enclosure I can't get it to work (it doesn't seem to turn one even tho the led on the enclosure lights up) Are there any other options for recovering the files from the hard drive before I run the factory rest and loose 6 years worth of holiday snaps :-(
HP Pavilion p6300uk
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
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Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
I would try a Linux distro. Here is the one I made. Try that.
Emergency Kit - save your files from a dead OS
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Mainly because valuable files are at risk, I'm writing out everything I would do to get to them under the circumstances, at least one of which should work. Always back up your files as the HD can fail at any time.
Your external enclosure might not be working correctly, so let's go with the HP Diagnostics which say the drive is OK. Can you install the laptop hard drive in another laptop to try rescuiing the files with a boot disk? Perhaps the Win7 repair disk will work on that PC, in which case you can Copy & Paste - in Windows Recovery Console. You could even Adjust Win7 to boot on new hardware with Paragon Adaptive Restore CD for the purpose of repairing the install so it will start.
Download, burn to CD with WIndows Image burner, Boot the HD Diagnostic extended CD scan
which should autostart without user input.
You could also boot Partition Wizard to Resize C Partition to make a space to do a rescue Clean Reinstall Windows 7 that will give access to your files on the other partition, provides all the steps to get and keep a perfect install. If you had to do this with the hard drive installed in another PC because you simply cannot get the Win7 disk to start, you'd at least be able to rescue your files, then use PW to delete all partitions which will force the Win7 installation disk to autostart in the HP.
Make a bootable CD like was linked earlier or Paragon Rescue Kit Free Edition 11.0 Free to try to copy your files out to USB. If you can get the Win7 disk or Repair CD to boot on the HP then you can Copy & Paste - in Windows Recovery Console
If you can't boot a Repair disk then obtain the Win7 disk as discussed in Step 1 of Clean Reinstall Windows 7 to work through the steps for Troubleshooting Windows 7 Failure to Start.
If disks continue to fail to boot, try resetting BIOS to defaults: Clear CMOS - 3 Ways to Clear the CMOS - Reset BIOS
If you want to report back results on the various steps, we might come up with others. I know that unless the drive was completely bricked (which should show up in HP Diagnostics) I would get the files out if not repair the OS to boot. Then the consolation is you get an install that is tons better than the HP Factory install which is worst in the industry, as long as you stick with the steps, tools and methods in Clean Reinstall Windows 7 which has been used by over a million consumers without a single complaint or return with problems.
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Thanks for the suggestions. I'll give them a try and post how I got on.
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Ok, so I've got an old XP machine and I've unhooked the cd drive and replaced it with the problem HD. When I boot the machine, it recognises the new HD and its partitions and has assigned them labels but the only folder visible in the main partition is 'rmtemp', which doesn't contain any data. Might this be something to do with incompatibility between the XP machine and how Win7 stores the files? I've also tried swapping the HDs but it refuses to boot from the CD still.
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There`s no reason you shouldn`t see the files on the XP machine.
But, I would put the drive back in the W7 machine, then install Linux Mint on a flash drive and boot from that, don`t install it just try Linux, it gives you the 2 options, Install or try. You should then be able to mount the W7 drive and explore it.
Main Page - Linux Mint
Universal USB Installer
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Thanks. I was going to try putting the repair files on a USB but I couldn't find an option in BIOS to boot from USB. Is there a way to add it without upgrading BIOS?
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Are you saying you want to create a system repair disc, but put it on a usb drive ?
Not sure if that`s possible.
Why not just make the startup repair disc (CD)
The bios might say boot from usb directly, it might say boot from another device or external device etc.
Just use the 1 time boot menu key to bring up the boot menu then arrow down to the usb device.
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I'll try the Linux method but I just wasn't sure how to boot from the usb. Thanks.
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|19 Feb 2015
I just made a Linux Mint 17.1 Cinnamon Edition usb stick using Rufus, took 5 minutes. Download the 32 or 64 bit version where it says Torrents, or try one of the HTTP mirrors, but I think the Torrent download is faster.
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Edward Anhalt, a prolific Academy Award-winning screenwriter best known for his work on the films ''Becket'' and ''Jeremiah Johnson,'' died on Sunday at his home in Pacific Palisades, Calif. He was 86.
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Viraha (The Symphony of Separation), is flute (Odakkuzhal) rendition by Kudamaloor Janardanan conveying the pangs of separation. Even as inseparable minds separate, the ensuing agony is shared through Swaras and Ragas. Raga itself means love. Hearts that pine for reunion with the beloved, overflow with song, expressing the eternal bond of love. Three ragas namely Pushpalathika, Sarasang and Hemavathi have been used in the composition of Viraha.
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Saint Milburga
The sisters of Llan Meilien,
Round the Abbess Milburga stood:
"Oh Lady, stay, go not away
Through that dark lonesome wood.
The road of wolves is sore beset,
And also of pagan foe;
Then tarry here, Oh lady dear.
To Godstoke do not go."
And sadly shook her head:
"Ere break of day I must away
To Godstoke", she said.
"For sword I'll take the Holy Cross,
My maiden truth for shield;
So armed my ass and I would pass
Safe through a battle field."
starts a fascinating story of the lady who is known in history as Saint
Milburga was the daughter of Merewald, a member of the royal house of the Kingdom of Mercia, who founded a monastery at Wenlock around AD 690. It was a double house; primarily a nunnery but also served by priests who lived a formal life under vow. Most probably these two communities lived separate lives, each with their own church.
Milburga, together with her sisters, Milgitha and Mildred, were canonised by Saint Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury, at a time when the various tribes in Britain were at war with each other in a vicious power struggle.
Archbishop's task was to preach brotherly love and Christian faith,
and, to a certain extent, the sanctifying of royalty was simply good
politics, as it united the church and monarchy, and many of those thus
honoured did not continue to live up to their new position of saint.
Milburga, Milgitha and Mildred were the exceptions with probably more
recordings of their lives than many holy men of that period.
stayed at home, and under her role the convent at Wenlock flourished.
Her aura, which some people believed in, was seen by many. It is
recorded that she was found with a sick child in her arms, both
engulfed by flames, though neither were burnt. As well as healing the
sick, she had the power of being able to communicate with birds, and
she was said to help farmers by putting a charm on their scarecrows. It
is also recorded that she was able to prevent a flock of wild geese
from doing damage to crops. In fact, in later years, pilgrims to her
tomb purchased little leaden geese as mementos.
The perils of the road;
Though dark the wood and deep the flood,
And wolves prowl abroad,
He in whose cause I journey
gainst foes will take my part;
But Milgitha, dear, I need to fear
My weak and sinful heart."
I cast my love aside;
Wolfgang, I said, a Christian maid
Can never be a pagan's bride.
I vowed my life, my love to God,
My plighted faith I broke;
And, Milgitha, I have never rued,
The word which then I spoke.
And foes around me wait,
I fear least I should meet with one
Whose love has turned to hate.
I daily pray for Wolfgang,
For his soul will I pray;
But, sister dear, alas, I fear
To meet him on my way."
it's not the first time a member of a Royal family has had the 'hots'
for someone. But, thankfully, in those days, they knew to put duty
before the heart.
Sped on her milk white ass,
And ere the sun had reached the noon,
Through Corve's fair vale they passed.
There in a deep red furrow
The sowers dropped their grain,
An armed pagan by their side
Looked out across the plain.
His black eye flashed fire:
"False Maid," he cried, once trothed my bride
By thy fainthearted sire:
Thou who has trampled on the love
Of a Saxon nobly born,
Shall rue the day thou told me nay
And pay for all your scorn.
She meekly raised her eye:
"Wolfgang, your arm can never harm
One that has a friend on high:
He who can make that grain to spring
And ripen into fruit,
Powers rain and sunshine on your heart,
And bids your faith take root."
Loo, even as she spoke,
From the dry seed up sprang green blade,
And stalk and full ear broke!
In sore amazement the serfs gazed,
The warrior smote his breast,
And humble on his bended knee
The Christian God confessed.
As in a glorious dream,
Behold the maiden and her ass
Against Corve's glittering stream;
And where they go fresh flowers grow,
And to this day is seen.
Upon the sod which they have trod,
A belt of freshest green.
No danger now was nigh.
"Think not," she cries, "my perils past;
From my own heart I fly!
My prayer is heard, we too shall meet
In the bright realms above,
But not again on Earth's wide plain;
In Heaven is all my love."
Till well near Godstoke,
Her strength was spent, she tottered bent,
And sank upon a rock.
Great blood-gouts from her nostrils fell,
And stained the stone with red.
The saintly maid knelt by her side,
And stayed her fainting head.
I will not thee so smite,
For God doth stay my onward way,
Till I shall walk a'right.
Trust not on chariot nor on steed
'Tis writ, but trust in me.
But I sought safety in great speed,
Though none pursue, I flee."
A sparkling fountain burst
From the dry ground and bubbled round,
And the ass slaked her thirst;
And strengthened, gained the journey's end;
And holy pilgrims tell,
There doth remain a dark red stain
At the bottom of the well.
the pagan Danes invaded our shores, Milburga's tomb at Wenlock suffered
the fate of many churches and shrines and was destroyed. It was later
restored by Lady Godiva,
but was destroyed yet again in the
early days of the Norman Conquest. Later still, Roger de Montgomery
founded a prior of monks at Much Wenlock on the site of St. Milburga's
convent. Her memory was rekindled by the accidental rediscovery of her
resting place around the time of the rebuilding of the church. It is
said that her remains wrought so many miracles that
floods of people poured in thither.
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Fran Dainty, Head of STEM Content and Expertise at STEM Learning, said: "STEM subjects play a vital role in widening the opportunities available to young people. This programme enables us to bring together the proven support of STEM Learning's ENTHUSE Partnerships with Tomorrow's Engineers excellent network of employer support to benefit young people in some of the key opportunity areas around the country."
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Dear Working Wise,
I am struggling to find enough staff for my retail electronics store who have the basic math and computer skills required to do their jobs. Why are these simple skills so hard to find?
Signed, Frustrated
September 14, 2017
Dear Frustrated,
A lack of what many people consider to be "basic" skills is an emerging workforce concern. When most of us think of literacy, we think of reading and writing, but the definition of workplace literacy, however, has expanded to include these essential skills
- reading
- writing
- document use
- numeracy (using numbers)
- computer use
- critical thinking and problem solving
- oral communication
- working with others
- continuous learning
Albertans scored above the Canadian average in a 2013 international survey of literacy, numeracy and problem solving skills.The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development released the results from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies. Yet, 1 in 5 Albertans face daily literacy and numeracy challenges.
The 2015 Smarten Up: It's Time to Build Essential Skills report found that 30% of university graduates and 40% of the overall workforce are lacking the essential skills they need to compete in our global economy.
Literacy and other essential skills enable us to solve problems, think critically, learn new skills, communicate effectively, and manage change. They have also been found to affect family well-being and our ability to get and keep a job. Solid essential skills are critical, especially with today's rapidly changing technologies and work environments.
It pays to take essential skills seriously. Workers with good essential skills tend to: be healthier and safer on the job; be more productive; adapt better to change; learn technical skills faster; make more money; and find work faster. A 1% increase in essential skills can translate into a 2.5% productivity increase, according to a Statistics Canada study called Literacy scores, Human capital and growth across fourteen OECD countries.
Current research shows that employers who invest in essential skills training experience a reduction in errors, absenteeism and workplace injuries, as well as an increase in productivity, and the development of a more nimble, adaptable team.
Investing in literacy and essential skills makes sense, and there are a number of ways to do so. Employers can tap into programs like the Canada-Alberta Job Grant to help them invest in their employees or train potential new employees. The Alberta Government also offers the following literacy programs
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Friday, January 1, 2010
ALL GROWN UP! well.....technically......
Wow, it's been like foreve since I've been on my blog. I forgot my password and today on this lovely 2010 day I decided to try and log on and my password was the same as my facebook password! isn't that just lovely?
I bet you all (my five adoring fans...including myself) were wondering where I went? Of course, so do I!
Anyways it's a new year and I need a hip replacement because I'm so old. LOL... that's not funny. my Grandma is getting one of those.....sorry grandma!
Anyways I was so deprived of my blog this year....well last year, that I made a new one, and now I feel guilty because I just know I am going to neglect one, and it's going to get depressed and do drugs and "party" and get really thin and throw up all the time.....just like Lindsy Lohan. Sigh. I just don't know what I'm going to do. I mean I'll try to love both the same, but I like this one better because I have been with it so long and I'm comfortable with it. Also because I have followers on this one who might actually read what I have to say! HOORAY!
Anyways this is just a post to reassure everyone that I am back on my blogging track! (which means I don't have a life! WOOT!) lolz so it's going to be like party central up in here!
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8 Essential Elements of an Attractive Urban Place
Not all public places are created equal.
The predominantly auto oriented pattern of urban development in the past five decades especially in the suburbs have littered the urban landscapes with places that are bland, uninviting and places people do not care about.
If a single-use development specially built for, say, a burger joint along a major urban route falls out of use due to another newer burger joint just having opened further down the road or the tenant simply just moving out, well, then natural evolutionary path for that spot is either turning itself into a parking lot or waiting for the next tenant to bulldoze down the existing structure and erect another purpose-built one. After all, the structure is meant to be disposable.
Public places are important not only because successful ones are attractive locations for people to live in or visit – we pay money to fly over to Europe so we can experience the crowded market squares and narrow streets, or we go to the make-believe world of Disneyland where we can enjoy the replicas of old 'romantic' villages with street level storefronts. The public realm is important also because iconic spots define a city and provide places where people gather and public events take place. They are important also because they enhance commerce and property values – and tax revenue to the host – surrounding them.
A recent article from the Strong Towns blog illustrates how, after all these years, we continue to fail to build 'linger-worthy' places. It points out that attractive features such as pavilions; greenery and seating alone do not make a place more inviting, but the location of the place in relationship with where the people are and where they want to go constitutes a critical success factor.
An example as cited by the article is illustrated by a couple of shots below of a gazebo built in the middle of a giant parking lot next to a suburban office park.
An oasis in a sea of parking lots and distant human-occupied buildings? (Images: Strong Towns Blog)
Ask yourself this question: would you walk over there to have lunch, even if you happen to work in one of those nearby office building? Didn't think so.
Which brings us to a video, also linked to in the same article, produced by William Whyte (reference) who is widely considered by many to be a pioneer of urban space design of the time. Conducted in the late 70s, his Social Life of Urban Spaces methodically captured human behaviors in small urban settings and defined the elements which make urban spaces successful. The study confirms what we as humans intuitively know and appreciate, if only sub-consciously, what constitutes an attractive public place, and why those old market squares designs by ancient urban planners manage to withstand the passage of time and remain perpetually attractive.
Although the film is a little dated, judging by the style of hair and clothing, the 're-discovery' of the lost art of urban design is no less rejuvenating, and the messages contained herein are all the more relevant, if not even more so now than then, decades after it was produced.
The film is just under an hour but is worth watching in its entirely, and is a must for those involved in urban planning or those who simply care about revitalizing their own towns.
Here are the key takeaways.
What do people do there?
There is a true diversity of activities in, say, an urban plaza. But the number one activity that the people there are engaged in?
Watching other people.
People run into each other and impromptu conversations ensue. When they do, they generally do so in geographical centers or at street corners, unless the place is large, in which case they tend to step over to the edges to continue with their conversation.
Most busy places seem to have people by themselves – having a bite to eat, having a short timeout, or watching other people.
Popular spots (red squares) where people tend to stand and talk in a large square (image: Social Life of Small Urban Spaces)
Key features of a successful urban place
Seating spaces
Provide lot of spaces for people to sit. Ledges, simple steps, grass area and steps by water features are features that attract people to linger. Front row seats along the main flows of pedestrian traffic where people can sit and watch others are the most heavily used especially during peak times.
Avoid walls, high ledges, ledges with uneven surfaces and seats in isolation.
Ledges with access to water features are especially attractive (image: Social Life of Small Urban Spaces)
Relationship with its surrounding streets
An attractive urban place is fully integrated with its surrounding streets as the streets provides the flow of people traffic and the place is steps away from the passersby curious in what is happening inside.
The place should be more or less the same height as the street level, and no more than three feet or a meter elevated or sunken from the street. Do not cut out the people from the street with walls or fences.
Line it up with shops with lots of windows. Avoid solid, windowless walls at all costs.
Sun and Light
Although people prefer to sit in the sun (except in hot summers), lack thereof is not necessarily a deterrent. What seems to be important, rather, is the presence of light, artificial light or diffused light reflected off of neighboring buildings.
Water Features
The soothing sounds of water and access to 'touchable' water (where people and children can splash or dip their toes in) are attractive features. There are many successful public places along waterfronts.
Canopies provided by large trees, combined with seating spaces, provide a nice refuge for people to relax, talk or watch other people.
Push cart vendors, outdoor cafes, built-in snack bars and kiosks provide what people want and a gathering place while people eat and wait to be served. Provide ample waste baskets as people are more likely to take care of their own garbage when there are plenty of such facilities.
Size of A Public Square
The size of a public place should be right and appropriate for the scale of the buildings surrounding it. Err on being too small, as cities' tendency is to over-scale it, making it look empty and uninviting. For lower density small urban centers, it is especially important to concentrate in order to create critical mass. Building a square smack in the middle of downtown has a much better chance of success than in the outlying suburbs.
Small, low density urban centers tend to over-scale public places. (image: Social Life of Small Urban Spaces)
In social science, triangulation refers to process by which some external catalysts break the ice and provide momentary connections between strangers to start a conversation. Examples include public statues, sculptures and art forms, street entertainers and musicians.
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Ed Brubaker (FATALE, VELVET, Captain America: Winter Soldier) and Sean Phillips (FATALE, Criminal, Marvel Zombies) launch the first show-stopper from their unprecedented five-year deal announced at Image Expo in January-the hotly anticipated epic noir series, THE FADE OUT.
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The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is currently investigating a double drowning of two siblings at a Tampa hotel on Sunday.
Two siblings — a 12-year-old male and 17-year-old female — were pulled from the hotel swimming pool, both unresponsive around 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
The brother and sister had traveled with their family to Tampa from Dallas, Texas, with a large church group for a function.
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Summer is in full swing, and most Floridians or visitors to our home state are looking to cool off at the pool. Swimming pools are indeed one of the most popular places to be as swimming is one of the highlights of a summer vacation. Families vacationing in Florida often make the swimming pool their first stop after checking into their hotel room.
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If you've seen the MIssion Impossible: Ghost Protocol film, you'll note that Dubai is prominent as the heroes navigate tall buildings and sandstorms. Dubai encapsulates modernity's rise in a centuries old desert. Os Guinness notes in his book The Last Christian on Earth that "Christians have always shown a curious inability to consider things from a long-term perspective." The latest isn't always the greatest.
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Challenging the Chaplains
Compass investigates support and opposition to the growing number of chaplains in our state schools. Since the Federal Government's National School Chaplaincy Program (NSCP) was announced in 2006, the number of chaplains in government schools has grown to over 2 700. While the program's been largely embraced, some are uneasy. The majority of school chaplains are Christian, and Queensland has the most. Toowoomba dad Ron Williams has moved his four school age children to three different schools to keep them away from chaplains. He argues they are 'proselytising by stealth' and he's planning a High Court challenge against the federal government's funding of the chaplaincy program. Compass investigates.
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Hello. Thank you for joining me. Four years ago the federal government funded a new program that's overseen a marked increase in the number of chaplains in Australian schools. Now although many have embraced the scheme, others are uneasy, claiming that chaplains are depriving their children of a secular education and in fact working beyond their brief. Indeed one parent wants to challenge the government's funding of the scheme in the highest court in the land. So in this program we take a look at what chaplains do and examine the arguments from both sides.
Greg Peirce is the school chaplain at Undurba State Primary School in Brisbane's northern suburbs. He's not here to teach Religious Instruction. He's more like a spiritual welfare officer.
Greg Peirce – School Chaplain
I'd say the main part of my role as a chaplain would be one-on-one conversations with kids over a variety of different issues that they have. But also through lunch time activities that I might do, taking sporting teams away, going on camps. Things like that. So it is quite a wide variety of different activities.
Greg's job is to be on hand to listen and support students in all facets of their life at school. It's a 'pastoral care' role to support the emotional development of students.
Greg Peirce
I do get a lot of kids who are suffering through family breakdown. I don't think that's a reflection on the school that I am at. I think that seems to be generally chaplains you speak to seem to be dealing a lot with family breakdown. But also with friendship issues in the playground and things like that. Sometimes kids come to me with low self-esteem, things like that, and just want a caring ear, someone that they can chat with and just reassure them that they're going well.
Kerrie Jones – Principal, Undurba State School
Greg has a really strong, positive rapport with all of the students. So I think that the students see him as a good role model and they see him as someone that's easy to talk to, and I think that the student body really appreciate the fact that Greg will go out and play a game of soccer, or will walk and talk with them about different problems. They don't see him as an authoritarian position in the school which is, I think, a good thing because they're more likely to open up to and talk to about real issues for them.
Mitch - Student
Like, if someone was teasing me, or something about my problems or something, he'd be a good person to talk to; as well he'd make me feel better.
Jack - Student
Having fights with your sister, and like your mum and your dad are fighting, or yeah, you can just go and talk about it, and he keeps it to himself and he doesn't tell anyone else.
School chaplains have been operating in Australian schools since the 1950s.
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Now last week, boys, we made a pretty long list of questions that you want answered concerning God, and it's going to take us about half the term to get through this list of questions on the blackboard.
In the past, their salaries were paid for by church and community groups, or through funds raised by school P&Cs. In some instances with state funding thrown in. Then in 2006, the Howard Government announced its National School Chaplaincy Program.
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The Government's pushing for more spiritual and emotional guidance in the country's schools. The Prime Minister is promising $20,000 of government funding to any government or non-government school that wants a chaplain.
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Quite a number of the Chaplains could indeed be ministers or priests, but it wouldn't be limited to them.
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He says they could help students deal with parents breaking up, or the aftermath of a tragic accident.
Greg Peirce - speaking to students
One of the characters in here, she goes through her winter season, and so what we're going to do is we'll read the book and then you can tell me when you think she starts to go through winter. Does that sound pretty cool?
At Undurba State Primary School Greg Peirce helps run this programme called "Seasons".
Greg Peirce - speaking to students
Now do we feel winter feelings all of the time? Just some of the time? They're not very nice feelings, though, are they?
Greg Peirce
The Seasons is a program that helps kids through grief and loss, so that could be through family breakdown, through the loss of a loved one. It just sort of really goes through how the kids are feeling. But it is just a way in which we can support kids that are trying to battle through things that are really adult issues and they've sort of just been caught up in it.
Greg Peirce - speaking to students
Cats aren't nearly as useful as dogs, she said.
Today Queensland has the highest number of "chappies" as they're called of any state – around 500. One in two state schools now has one. But not everyone's happy about the growing number of chaplains in schools. Ron and Andrea Williams have six young children. Finding the right school for them has not been easy. The Williams' have moved their four school-aged children to three different state schools - to keep them away from chaplains.
Andrea Williams
I don't want my children to get proselytised by the chaplain. I don't want them to be influenced by the chaplain.
Ron Williams
Even though we've signed off to be not involved with the chaplain, there is no way to entirely escape chaplaincy. It's part of the school's culture. Because chaplains get to do all kinds of things, including coaching sporting teams, going on school excursions, going on school camps, running other activities, lunch time activities; things that you would have no hope of even knowing that are going on.
The Williams live in Toowoomba – west of Brisbane – a city Ron calls the "buckle of the Bible belt".
Andrea Williams
I grew up in a secular household, but I went to school in this town and I was exposed to religion in schools and I can remember being in grade one and two, going to bed singing religious songs. But I did at times think that I was being watched, and if I was naughty I would burn in hell and things like that. I just want my children to be free from thinking like that.
Ron Williams
I'm not anti-faith, I'm not anti-religious. I'm fiercely and passionately for the separation of church and state.
The Williams' say their troubles began when they enrolled their first born son at their local school.
Ron Williams
After a couple of weeks Andre started coming home singing little gospel ditties to us and we bolted back to the school and said what's going on.
The Williams promptly asked for their son to be withdrawn from the weekly Religious Instruction class.
Andrea Williams
When we did ask Andre to come out of religion it somehow got filtered to the children, then the children started telling my son he'll burn in hell if he doesn't believe in god.
Ron Williams - singing
One day you're a rooster, next day you're a feather duster. You woke up Julius Caeser, tonight you're General Custer. It's a mixed up world, but there's no place else to go …
Ron is a singer/songwriter who has produced many advertising jingles. And that's how he's voicing his protest against the chaplaincy scheme.
Ron Williams
Because of things that were getting said to my children about not being believers when they were at school, for not doing RI (religious instruction) about going to hell, whatever that might be. And I felt I should take the family ethos and make a case for it and put it into a song.
Ron Williams - singing
It seems to me the species homo-sapiens carries the chutzpah gene. To think they are the purpose of the Universe, when they only just arrived on the scene. What's even worse, they bear a curse of believing they're the only form of life to never die and go on living, somewhere high up in the sky (Somewhere high up in the sky.) So why don't bees go to heaven, and trees go to heaven, amoeba, krill and fleas go to heaven? It's not surprising ...
Ron Williams
"Bees" is in no way some kind of slapstick, atheist, anti-Jesus song, or anti-Mohammed song. It takes care not to really knock any prophets. It's really just about explaining why humans, and more particularly the male of the species has seen the need to find gods that can make up rules that are usually fair sexist and fairly violent as blokes would make it up.
Ron Williams - singing
If man created Zeus, and the God of the Sun. If man create Shiva, and the God of Abraham. From all of Life, why should the only one saved be the species worst behaved ...
Ron and Andrea claim the arrival of school chaplains is "proselytising by stealth". In arguing their case they point to the way chaplains are recruited, trained and employed in Queensland.
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G'day, Tim Mander here, CEO of SU Queensland. I wanted to talk to you like this today, because something unprecedented has happened in Queensland state schools over the last twelve months – chaplaincy in Queensland has exploded.
Tim Mander heads up Scripture Union Queensland.
Tim Mander
SU Queensland is a Christian employing authority and we're an inter-denominational organisation. It's important to note that the Chaplaincy program is not a religious education program, it is a pastoral care program. We want to be there for the ethical, spiritual support of students and help them navigate through some of those tough issues in life that unfortunately more and more kids seem to be facing.
Scripture Union Queensland trains and employs nearly all of the 500 chaplains currently working in Queensland schools. Their numbers have more than doubled since the launch of the national chaplaincy program in 2007.
Brad Suosaarie – speaking to chaplain recruits
This focus could also possibly have a diluting effect on the life changing impact that you can have as a chaplain being the spiritual representative in that community, and that's often how you're really seen by the admin of the schools, as the spiritual religious go-to person.
Scripture Union Queensland runs regular three-day induction programs like this one for new recruits. They must have finished Year 12 and a Diploma in Youth Work, which must be completed within their first two years of working as a chaplain.
Brad Suosaarie – speaking to chaplain recruits
Don't allow students manipulate you into agreeing to keep secrets or not to tell anyone – it's really important that you avoid those sort of traps.
All would-be Scripture Union chaplains must be Christians who share its mission and vision, as stated on its web site: "To see young lives transformed by engaging them with Jesus, the Bible and the local church". Margaret is one of around 30 new recruits. She's just started working as a chaplain at a school in Rockhampton.
Margaret Wilhelm – School Chaplain
I have such a hunger, a heart to help shape and mould our future generation, and we have some amazing, amazing leaders, we have some amazing – l didn't plan these tears OK? – amazing young people and I just see so much potential. I just want to make a difference, I just want to be there, make a difference in, even if it's just one child. That's worth it.
While Scripture Union's mission statement is clear, so too are the Federal Government's guidelines. School chaplains should support students of all religions, and must not impose their own beliefs.
Tim Mander
The guidelines for chaplaincy are very, very clear. Chaplains cannot evangelise or proselytise. That is something that we as an employing authority we totally respect and we actually agree with those guidelines, so part of the induction process is to ensure that chaplains understand that and know how to work appropriately within those guidelines.
Ron Williams
The mission statement at the Scripture Union website clearly states that they exist to bring the word of Jesus to children every day.
Tim Mander
The state policy guidelines in Queensland state that a chaplain can own their faith position but they can never impose their beliefs. So a chaplain will only engage in spiritual conversations with a child when they have initiated themselves. Now sometimes there's lunchtime groups and clubs that chaplains run. But they're always done with parental permission and obviously done on a volunteer basis from the students' point of view.
Ron Williams
An evangelist doesn't sort of clock on and off. If somebody is evangelising, it's part of, it is your shtick. It is with you all the time. And that's fair enough, and that's great. But it gets a bit tricky when it is in a state school. It's a bit like saying to hire a plumber and ask him not to touch the pipes.
Dave Hockey – School Chaplain
This is one of the stereotypes that we have to cop as chaplains, that we're religious and are trying to impose some sort of religious agenda on people. It's not. I care less about whether people agree with me or not as a follower of Jesus Christ. What I care about is that people would know what they believe and why they believe it.
David Hockey – speaking in classroom
The challenge is going to be maintaining that respect in an environment, in a situation that is stressful and challenging ...
David Hockey is the chaplain at Pine Rivers State High School in Brisbane. Pine Rivers has around 14-hundred students, and David is here fulltime.
David Hockey
I personally believe, and as a chaplain I believe that Jesus is the way, truth and life, and that can come through in our conversation. But young people know that I'm the chaplain in the school. They know what they're going to get. They know that I'm the 'Goddie', so they come to me, young people and staff, knowing and I guess expecting me to speak about that.
David Hockey – speaking in classroom
Can I invite you now to grab the rope; pick the rope up and hold onto the rope just with one hand ...
Like 99% of chaplains in the state he is employed by Scripture Union Queensland. But as he was at Pine Rivers before the national chaplaincy program was launched, his school was not eligible for funding. So David raises the money for his position himself.
David Hockey
Here at the school one of our priorities though as a chaplain is to, and this is under the agreement with Ed Queensland is, part of our priority is to nurture Christian students. And so we will run a bible study at school. And this is all according to the students saying, "Hey, this is something that we would like to do."
David Hockey – speaking in classroom
And Jesus said in the Last Supper, there's a part where he talks about John being the one who was reclining against Jesus. These guys were great mates, and I love the Book of John, because he was Jesus's best friend and he has particular ...
David runs this weekly Bible study group at lunchtimes.
David Hockey
Students come of their own accord, they're aware of it, so those that come in that's fine, no problem at all.
When he's involved in regular school activities, David says parental consent is a pre-requisite.
David Hockey
If I'm going to be teaching a class where all students are in that class for instance then parents will need to be notified and checking that that suits all parents; that people can nominate to have their students out of those classes if they like.
Ron Williams (singing)
So why don't bees go to heaven and trees go to heaven; Amoeba, krill and fleas go to heaven …
Ron Williams claims this parental permission process is continually being breached. He's complained about the Chaplaincy Program to state and federal governments. To no avail. With the support of a group of like-minded parents, Ron is now trying to mount a challenge against the Federal Government's funding of the Chaplaincy Program - in the High Court of Australia.
Ron Williams
It's all part of the same thing…
Hugh Wilson - Parent
That's right. There's no separate legislation for chaplaincy at all …
Ron Williams
They call themselves the Australian Secular Lobby. And they all object to the way in which the Chaplaincy Program has been introduced.
Danny Stevens - Parent
The first we knew of chaplaincy was a phone call from a friend of mine who said, "Have you heard that the P&C has voted to get a chaplain?" And I said, "No, never heard of this." So, on investigation, we found out the school had run some sort of vote whether parents wanted chaplains to come in. But it turned out that the only parents who actually had received the polling letter were basically members of these various churches.
Hugh Wilson
At the public meeting that I attended, which we refer to as "the 40 vicars meeting," because it was full of people from the evangelical church, and of the twenty something people in the meeting, including myself who had nothing to do with the school there were only about three or four parents, genuine parents. There was nobody from the P&C.
Chaplains aside, Vicki O'Brien from the Sunshine Coast believes evangelical Christians are gaining access to students in other ways.
Vicky O'Brien - Parent
When I was looking for a state high school for my daughter I was informed that the high school was introducing a program that targeted Year 8 girls, and that it was not religious and it simply helped girls with their self-confidence. I asked her, "Well, can I find out about the program?" And she told me, "Yeah, look it up - it's called SHINE." Well I Googled Shine and it was immediately obvious to me that it was a Hillsong construct to recruit young girls into their faith.
Sunshine Wrethman – Shine promotional video archive
My name's Sunshine and my husband Allan and I have been going to Kings Noosa for about a year now, and we've just had a little baby boy, he's three months old now, and I've been a Christian for most of my life. I first heard about Shine from church and I got really excited – my heart really wants to be involved where young girls are needing influence from a godly perspective.
Shine is being run in a growing number of schools in Queensland, and is aimed at teenage girls.
Sunshine Wrethman – Shine promotional video archive
This program's important to me because it gives me an opportunity to connect with the girls out there; it gives the Church an opportunity to have a foot in the door … and to give them those principles that my mom gave me that I know they might not get if they're not in a Christian family. I want to see these young girls come to knowledge of Salvation; to get to know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour.
Vicki O'Brien
They entice impressionable young girls into grooming lessons, how to apply make-up and do their hair, easing them into conservative female behaviours.
These parents claim programs like Shine are depriving their children of a strictly secular education. Hugh Wilson's son, Henry, attends a state high school in Toowoomba. He claims he's had his own brush with "religious coercion".
Henry Wilson - Student
I got word at school that there was a Christian magician appearing. I don't believe there was any forewarning of this. There certainly wasn't anything home to the parents. Now being an atheist I didn't wish to attend the event and I made that clear to the staff. And I was told by a teacher who tried to coerce me to going that I needed to get some values, which I found rather offensive as an atheist and as a student.
These parents also claim that chaplains are overstepping the guidelines and their capabilities by 'counselling' students.
Hugh Wilson
There's no requirement for genuine professional qualifications. Nothing is required at all.
Tim Mander
Chaplains are not formal counsellors and the guidelines again state that quite specifically. They are there for pastoral care, so pastoral care is different from ongoing counselling, and so any children that the chaplain believes or the school believes needs more structured counselling are referred to the appropriate experts.
Ron Williams
But chaplains are counselling and it's been boasted that chaplains have intervened in cases where children were suicidal and have stopped children from committing suicide, and they are openly saying they help with family break-up issues, and gender issues and even sexual education, so whatever is said in guidelines certainly isn't happening at school level, because chaplains are doing everything.
David Hockey – speaking in classroom
All right, well done, give yourselves a hand. Great job, blokes!
David Hockey
I do one on one with students. One of the four main priorities of any chaplaincy service should involve pastoral care of students. And that is essentially what the one on one discussions that I have with students are, and that could be around what any range of issues that students might present with.
I've got several stories if you like over the years of where I know that I've contributed to keeping some people alive. One in particular I literally grabbed a girl before she stepped onto the road in front of a bus; I know it's a cliché but that's what she was doing, and we were on our way to the Child & Youth Mental Health Service and she – I don't know what was in her head – but I literally grabbed her there. That's an extreme thing; that's happened once. But certainly talking with young people who are considering and have considered and have even planned about how they might take their life, and helping them work through that.
David Hockey – speaking in classroom
You've got it done, but what was happening in the group that you would say, 'yeah, we did that well?'
David Hockey
I do come across situations that are beyond me and I expect that to be the case. I'm not a trained psychologist or counsellor, but one of the other priorities of any chaplaincy should be that we've established a network outside of the school and within the school, so any chaplain should have a broad network, and I do.
Three years after the National School Chaplaincy Program was introduced, then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made this commitment during a speech to the Australian Christian Lobby.
Kevin Rudd – Prime Minister speaking at Australian Christian Lobby
School chaplains are making a difference. That is why today I can confirm that the Government will be continuing the school chaplaincy program. This will involve a total additional investment of $42 million over the 2010 and 2011 school years.
Scripture Union takes credit claiming a survey it helped commission persuaded the Rudd Government to continue funding the program.
Tim Mander
The National School Chaplaincy Association felt it was necessary to make sure that politicians and decision makers know how much this program was appreciated. We commissioned an independent study to provide some empirical evidence and I believe that was instrumental in convincing the current Government to actually extend the funding into the future.
It was widely reported that 97% of principals supported the chaplaincy program. But of the 2700 schools in Australia with chaplains, only 688 took part in the survey. That's around one-quarter of participating schools. And of those, 84% said parents were "strongly supportive" of chaplains in their schools.
Ron Williams
If there's any money to be channelled into such a thing, it is best spent on qualified counsellors that can be looking after the myriad problems that exist with all children and children growing up with family break-up issues or whatever it is.
Despite moving schools three times, Ron and Andrea's children still attend one with a chaplain.
Ron Williams
We ended up running out of options for schools in the area without a chaplain because since the NSCP many, many more schools have picked up on chaplains than ever before.
Having exhausted all other avenues, Ron is now working with a team of lawyers to try and take his case to the High Court. He believes the National School Chaplaincy Program breaches the Australian Constitution.
Ron Williams
The High Court challenge will be to examine whether it's legal for the Government to provide money to the National School Chaplaincy Program. It's the only way it will ever be decided that this is, either it's legitimate or it's not. So it is a big step, it's a huge step but it is the last resort.
For its part, Scripture Union Queensland wants more chaplains in schools.
Tim Mander
Look, it's been embraced enthusiastically by schools. I think the federal government was shocked, to tell you the truth, originally. I don't think they fully realised what traction this would get. The original program was expanded funding-wise on two occasions because of the demand, and I now know that there are hundreds of other schools that would love to get access to funding because they've seen the benefits of having a school chaplain in their school.


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We present the results of ALMA Cycle 0 observations of dust continuum at 340 GHz, 13CO(3-2) and C18O(3-2) line emission toward a gapped protoplanetary disk around a Herbig Fe star, HD 142527. In the continuum with the angular resolution of about 60 AU (0.4 arcsec), the outer disk was readily resolved, showing a horseshoe shaped distribution associated with the strong azimuthal asymmetry with the contrast of about 30 between the northern peak and the southwestern minimum. The brightness temperature of the northern portion of the disk reaches to 24 K at maximum at 160 AU from the central star, which is exceptionally high compared to other disks. The surface density in this northern area was estimated using the temperature constraint obtained from the optically thick 13CO emission. Depending on the gas-to-dust mass ratio, self-gravity may cause disk fragmentation, or grain accumulation can lead to efficient growth of rocky objects.


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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Christ Lutheran Cemetery (Waldersee, Municipality of Glenella-Lansdowne)
This cemetery is situated in the community of Waldersee in the Municipality of Glenella-Lansdowne.
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I picked this frame up at our last family vacation....the shop was one I could spend all day in but cant for the life of me remeber the name. It was located in Grants Pass Oregon.
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Frequently asked questions about Caminos Spanish & Portuguese touring holidays:
What's included?
- Bed & breakfast accommodation in small independent hotels
- Ferry travel or car hire (we don't do flights)
- Your own personal Vamoos travel app & e-document manager
- Our own regional holiday guide for each area
- Regional guidebook & roadmap
- Detailed point-to-point directions
What's not included?
- Flights – we don't offer flights but are very happy to advise. In each tour page you'll find travel advice or please call to discuss your particular needs.
- Lunch & evening meals – generally we prefer to leave you with more flexibility. Where the hotel has a restaurant they will always give you the option and where not there are always options nearby
- Car hire extras – One-way charges (where applicable), extra drivers, child seats, GPS and Toll devices (only applicacble to Portugal)
- Insurance – we no longer offer travel insurance but are happy to advise
- Tour guides – our tours are independent but we try to make sure you have all the information you need – at your fingertips – to ensure that you get the most out of the holiday.
- Parking is not included as it often cannot be pre-booked. Rates range from €10-€20 daily. Note this is mainly an issue in city hotels.
What type of hotels will we stay in?
- We work with small, independent hotels and guest houses where the owner is in charge.
- Most of our selected establishments have between 10 and 25 rooms (though this may vary a little, especially in city locations)
- Our hotels and guest houses are highly individual and, we hope you'll agree, charming. All are inspected by our local expert team and selected for their location, style and customer care.
- All of our establishments offer breakfast. For other meals they either have their own restaurant or options within easy walking distance.
- All rooms are ensuite.
- All hotels have Wi-Fi at least in the common areas.
- Air-conditioning whilst not common in the northern hotels (which are generally old buildings with thick stone walls) is usually offered in those further south – please check individual hotels or ask if this is important to you.
- Parking varies from hotel to hotel but you can always leave bags at the reception and most have secure parking at the hotel itself or nearby.
For a little more detail on the hotels click on the 'Full Details' button on any particular tour and you'll see an example of hotels in that particular itinerary which you can review in detail. Or for an overview see Our Hotels
Are the routes flexible?
- The routes featured on the Caminos website are examples intended to inspire and give you an idea of what we offer. We can adapt the dates, duration and the route itself to suit your needs.
- We have a network of over 50 selected hotels throughout the lesser travelled areas of Spain and Portugal and can put together most itineraries based on those. Should you wish to include a particular hotel in any given location we will be happy to arrange that for you though in general we prefer to work with the hotels we know and trust.
Please don't hesitate to call us with your personal requirements – we find a good chat is often the best way to match your criteria with all the various options available!
What info will I get?
Our routes are independent but we try to give you all the info you need to get the most out of the experience:
- Your own personal travel app & e-document manager (see separate section)
- Detailed instructions to find each hotel
- Point to point directions with tips for stops along the way
- Guidebook covering the region(s) in question
- Regional touring map
- Our North Spain Holiday Guide application for mobile devices (northern provinces only)
What exactly is my 'Personal Travel App'
As part of your package you will receive a personal travel app and e-document manager. This is an application for mobile devices (iOS and Android supported) which gives you all your essential information, at your fingertips and in a paperless format:
- your itinerary
- your ferry voucher / car-hire voucher as applicable (this should be carried in paper form also)
- point to point directions
- regional guides to the areas you will be visiting
- a general food and vocab guide
- a map with each hotel geo located
- directions to find each hotel (embedded within the map)
- local weather forecast
Am I protected?
Casas Cantabricas are long standing members of AITO the Association of independent Tour Operators and are bonded via the ABTOT bond.
Should you require any further assurances please don't hesitate to give us a call.
What's the weather like?
This depends on exactly where you will be visiting:
Spanish North west coast
The Cordillera Cantabrica mountain range which sits along the northern coast has a pronounced effect on the local climate. On the north side of the mountains there's a North Atlantic maritime climate which means the weather is generally mild. There's more rain than in the rest of Spain but the temperatures are generally more pleasant, reaching maximums in the high 20's – low 30's centigrade in the summer months.
Atlantic facing coast
The west-facing coast of Galicia enjoys a benign micro-climate evidenced by the abundance of vineyards. Temperatures here are higher than in the north coast of Spain though without reaching the sizzling heat of the Med.
Picos de Europa
The Cantabrian side of the Picos around Potes enjoys a benign micro-climate with considerably less rainfall than the coast (the flora here is technically Mediterranean) whilst the Asturian side is similar to the north coast.
Castilla y León & La Rioja
Spain's interior – the 'Meseta' – consists of high, arid plains ringed by very high mountain ranges. The plains get very hot and dusty in the summer, sometimes exceeding 40ºC and very cold in the winter. This is somewhat mitigated in certain areas such as La Rioja and the Sierra de Francia by the lie of the land and local effects. The best time to visit is spring, early summer or autumn.
The sunny Spanish side of the mountains generally enjoys a benign climate. Drier than the north-west coast with a longer summer without reaching the extreme heat of the Med. The complicating factor is the altitude, the high mountains giving rise to local weather effects which must be given due respect (temperatures can drop quite suddenly or winds pick up).
Andalucia and Extremadura
Generally the hottest part of mainland Spain, temperatures are cooler though in the Sierras and, in certain areas such as Cadiz, there are cooling sea breezes. Best visited outside of the main summer months and ideal for those seeking a bit of sun in the autumn and winter.
North and Central Portugal
Technically a mix of Atlantic and Mediterranean climate the result is a pleasant mid-point between the two with average summer temperatures around 30ºC near the coast. The mountainous landscape affects the inland climate significantly with cooler temperatures the higher you go and even snow in the highlands of the Serra de Estrela in the winter months. On the other hand the deep valleys can tend to trap heat, leading to especially high day-time temperatures in the Alto Douro in the summer.
Who are we?
Find out about the real experts of Casas Cantábricas.
Here we've tried to answer some of the most common questions about our Spanish and Portuguese touring holidays. If you have any other doubts or queries please don't hesitate to call us.


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My brother and his darling family came to town for Spring Break. My niece and I decided to throw an epic Harry Potter party. What spurred this craziness? Well, my niece was super bummed that she was going to miss a Harry Potter that the girls at her church were coordinating since she would be on vacation at my house instead. So of course I told her we would have our own party.
Confession time - I have never actually read any of the Harry Potter books. But I do know how to access Pinterest and ask a lot of questions. My niece has read all the books multiple times so she basically decided what to do and I just helped her make it happen. She is an amazing girl and we had a blast planning, shopping, creating, decorating, cooking, organizing, etc. As a mom of all boys, I treasure these girlish moments!
Some of the parties I saw on Pinterest looked like they took weeks to prepare. Our party only took around 5-6 hours to prepare, including shopping. We also didn't spend very much money and used a lot of items we had around the house.
We invited some dear friends over who are also big Harry Potter fans. Even the missionaries popped by at the end of the party to check things out and we subjected them to our picture taking. We found this idea on Pinterest and just made our own sign using a poster board and sharpie marker.
We bought a cheap, red plastic tablecloth at the dollar store and then the kids drew bricks on it so it looked like the brick wall that they jump through at the train station. We also made a sign saying, "Platform 9 3/4."
We found this fun idea on Pinterest and wrote on my living room mirror with a red Dry Erase marker (lipstick is really hard to remove later).
My sister-in-law made this "Sorting Hat" which is being modeled by my youngest nephew. As each guest arrived, they had the hat tell them which group they were in. We made this with supplies from Hobby Lobby. A small straw hat for under $2.00 and then a few pieces of brown felt at $0.25/sheet. My awesome sis-in-law whipped this thing up quickly and magically with the help of a trusty glue gun.
After the people were assigned to a group, they were given a tie to wear (taped on with masking tape). We printed a simple tie pattern onto patterned cardstock and cut the ties out. We also gave them a crossword puzzle to work on and a wordsearch. First team to finish both won.
We placed battery operated candles around the room and dimmed the lights before guests arrived. We also made some Dream Fluid, Gillyweed, and Truth Serum to display. I just used jars we had around the house and added soda to make one brown, yellow food coloring to another, and then stuck skinny leaves from the yard to make the green jar.
The kids all loved the labeled candy jars (okay, they just liked the candy and didn't care about the labels but my niece and I thought they were super cute).
For dessert, we made broomsticks out of mini Reeses PB cups and edible sorting hats by placing a Thin Mint cookie and a Hershey's Kiss on top (attached with chocolate icing).
We wrapped Hershey Treasure candies with labels that said, "In Case of Dementor Attack, Eat Me!" There was no Dementor Attack at the party but someone all these candies are gone.
My middle son made a Harry Potter face on a poster and we played "Pin the Scar on Harry Potter." We copied the idea from this Pin on Pinterest
Time was limited so we didn't make homemade Butter Beer. We just bought cream soda and some other sodas and taped some fun labels on them that we found for free on this website.
After our indoor activities, we went outside to play Quidditch with balloons. My clever brother managed to make this happen with 6 cheap Dollar Tree hula hoops, a whole lot of masking tape, and a basketball hoop and tether ball pole. He is quite resourceful.
Although we had several Harry Potter fanatics at the party, these two were the biggest fans. They knew all the answers and I was proud to have introduced two kindred Harry Potter spirits. I know they appreciated having the competition with each other. (Notice the cute little photobomber in this picture.) All the party games were fun but that is due to the wonderful friends and family that came. I love every one of these people!
Oh, I almost forgot! We also had a surprise at the party for those who had to use the restroom. Moaning Myrtle made an appearance. I found this idea on Pinterest and then edited a picture I found online so that I could print it out. I'll admit that she's still on our toilet and I may leave her there until someone accidentally pees on the paper ;)
Here's a picture of what inspired us to add her to our toilet.